GLAD TO BE ONE OF THE RAG-TAGS

GLAD TO BE ONE OF THE RAG-TAGS

By Pastor Dwight

Paul wrote to the Corinthians that not many wise, noble, rich or powerful were chosen by God but rather He chose the weak and foolish to prove His great victory and grace and love.

One evening while we were praying I saw us as privileged to be chosen by God though we would not impress the world. This poem was my response.

“Here come the rag-tags, the weak, the poor, the hungry for more; 

The frail,  the alone, who’ve suffered but grown;

Here come the rag-tags, but in glad rags.

Here come the trodden-down, left alone, and undone,

having died now reborn; 

Broken souls, now made whole. who’ve surrendered

control; 

Here come the trodden-down overcoming the world.

Here come the emptied ones, poured out, and worn,

forsaken and scorned;

Helpless and hapless, their false hopes long gone; 

Here come the emptied ones in His beauty adorned.

Here come the present ones, content to be last they’ve

repurposed their past;

Living by grace in this moment and place,  

Here come the present ones whose constant vision is His face.”

Pastor Dwight

Glad to be one of Christ's "Rag-Tags"